Professional Status. Section 1. The employees in this unit are professional employees in the educational field. As professional employees, it is understood that their work is predominantly intellectual and varied in character; requires consistent exercise of discretion and judgment; and requires knowledge of an advanced nature produced by specialized study. Because of the multitude of jobs within this bargaining unit, as well as the variety of task assignments, the relationship between these professional employees and their supervisors will not always be uniform. Generally, whenever feasible, certain basic concepts should be present in this relationship. Among these are the following: 1. The professional employees should perform task assignments with minimum of supervision. 2. The professional employee should be given broad discretion in developing solutions to problems, consistent with the needs of management. 3. A professional employee who is charged with the implementation of a program should have an opportunity to participate in the planning stages for the program. 4. The professional employee is expected to continually reevaluate a program and to recommend changes when necessary. Both parties recognize that the provisions of this section represent goals and, as such, are not subject to the Grievance and Arbitration procedure provided for in Article 13 of this Agreement.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
